Government

The expectation is that the Fed will cut rates — but what if inflation spiked in August? 

Amy Uccello was laid off from her job at USAID in late January. Her husband lost his job at a nonprofit working with the agency shortly after.

Nicole Cervi at Wells Fargo explains how she uses public inflation and jobs data in her work.

The Federal Reserve Board of Governors is in the news, but don’t forget that five of the twelve people voting on interest rates are Fed regional bank presidents. 

Tax credits that helped more than 20 million people afford health insurance are set to expire this year — and small business owners and the self-employed stand to be among the hardest hit. 

From the CHIPS Act to the U.S. revoking a waiver it had granted TSMC to use U.S. machinery, the government is trying to have a heavy hand in this global industry.

If you hit your federal student loan limit in the first year or two of a three-or four-year program, your only option will be private loans.

The tax credits lower the cost of an electric vehicle by thousands of dollars. The GOP tax and spending bill ends the credits on September 30.

Data collected by private companies can give us unique insight into the economy, but it’s not a substitute for the Bureau of Labor Statistics. 

We can look to Hungary for an example of what happens when a central bank’s role becomes more political than economic.